magazine vs clip obsession

[Skiluvr03]

Mags have moving parts

 

[XD-9Guy]

I say "clip" because I'm so street. It doesn't sound as tough when I refer to the "magazine" for my gat.

 

[BadgeBunny]

I have a "thing" for grammar and spelling errors ... I don't point them out when I see them though -- well, not unless it's really, really funny. Bugs the crap out of me ... You can thank all the lawyers in the world for that little "hangup". When I worked at the range I learned really quickly just to smile and say "At the gunsmith's counter" when someone asked me where the clips for their Glocks were. Some things aren't worth breaking a sweat over, ya know ...

 

[MoBoost]

http://www.okshooters.com/showthread.php?136534-Ruger-Fail

I'll quote myself:

Clip: device that holds multiple rounds together as a unit.
Magazine: device that holds multiple rounds within the firearm.
Clips were used to load magazines.
Once magazines became detachable - clip and magazine became interchangeable.
For some reason in recent years it became "cool" to differentiate the two and ridicule those who don't.

 

[tntrex]

Just be sure to raise your pinkie finger higher when you say magazine as to get your point across.

 

[okietool]

Save yourself a headache, buy a muzzle loader or belt fed.

 

[chubbs]

There was a funny conversation that occured when I took my CCW class between the instructor and another taking the class.

Guy, "I only have one clip"
Instructor, "It's a magazine, a clip goes in your hair"
Guy, "Well a magazine is what you read when you're taking a ****"
Instructor was speechless.

 

[okietool]

There was a funny conversation that occured when I took my CCW class between the instructor and another taking the class.

Guy, "I only have one clip"
Instructor, "It's a magazine, a clip goes in your hair"
Guy, "Well a magazine is what you read when you're taking a ****"
Instructor was speechless.

Did he pass?

 

[ignerntbend]

All the long-held bitterness is coming out. I'm proud to be a grammarian.

 

[Neil]

My personal pet peeve is when people talk about the creator of (among other things) the 1911. They *always* feel compelled to use the man's middle name. Why? Are folks really afraid the audience will confuse him with someone else if only his first and last names are mentioned?